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Video

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:38:25 -0400

"Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time"

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:13:44 -0400

“Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time”

- Alan Moore

Video

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:10:12 -0500

Video

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:12:49 -0400

Simple Ruby

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:16:53 -0400

Let’s take a look at this trivial Ruby example:

[1, 2, 3, 4].each { |i| puts i }

The first thing we notice is that the commas shouldn’t be necessary:

[1 2 3 4].each { |i| puts i }

We can also go Smalltalk style and remove the dot. Many languages do that, including the minimalist Io, so here we go:

[1 2 3 4] each { |i| puts i }

It’s shorter already, but now let’s switch to Groovy style, with the implicit ‘it’ object:

[1 2 3 4] each { puts it }

Can it be even shorter? Let’s try this:

[1 2 3 4] each puts

That’s better, now the ‘it’ becomes implicit too. Even if we removed some formatting, I think anyone with a programming background can understand what’s happening here and what the output will be.

For those of you interested in this syntax: the last version is valid Raven code.

I'm a proud member of the Pradipta 416

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:20:22 -0400

I'm a proud member of the Pradipta 416

Photo

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:44:43 -0400

"Reverse Polish notation is the simplest way to describe arithmetic expressions. That’s how you..."

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:37:51 -0400

“Reverse Polish notation is the simplest way to describe arithmetic expressions. That’s how you learn arithmetic in grade school, before advancing to infix notation with Algebra. I’ve always favored simplicity in the interest of getting the job done.”

- Chuck Moore

Fractal Scene

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:01:26 -0400

Fractal Scene:

Built with Processing.